False Positive [Win32.Malware-gen] on Gibson Research wizmo utility

Viruses and worms
1

I just received a false positive on a file from Gibson Research which I’ve been using 2002. I know the small utility file is clean.
How do I submit the file to Avast for analysis?

2

FYI. This false positive showed up with signature version 100128-0.
It was not an issue with previous versions.

3

Just confirmed on another machine, signature 100127-1 file does NOT flag the same file as a malware.

4

FYI. I just downloaded the 2008 version of the utility from http://www.grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm and that version is not flagged as malware.
However, there is still something wrong with Avast 4.8.1368 using signatures 100128-0. It should not have flagged that old 2002 program.

5

VirusTotal analysis results shows the original 2002 file is clean:
http://www.virustotal.com/reanalisis.html?293c0259aa65a53a49b3a38af7725bdd8d91da0a926ed5a1bf31b858087daf00-1264695262

6

Hello,
send us (virus@avast.com) the sample to analyze, put “False positive” to subject.

Thank you,
Milos

7

email sent … thanks

8

Hello
thank you, sample arrived, false positive will be fixed in next VPS update.

Milos

9

Thank you.

Just confirmed VPS 100128-1 does NOT flag the 2002 version of wizmo.exe utility as malware.

10

Hello,
thank you for feedback.

OT:
Does anyone with yahoo email received response from us? Very often I received the message that the mail wasn’t delivered within 8 hours.

Milos